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This is where we're writing about beautiful wild places from around the world and about the people working to protect them. Between 2017-2018, we're posting from Panama, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, USA, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Romania, Kazakhstan and Scotland. Our goal is to inspire travelers to responsibly visit protected areas and become partners for conservation.

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The Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the neighboring Maya Ka'an region more to the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula offer a different kind of tourism, compared to many of the populated coastlines. The photos below were taken during a week of visiting Maya Ka'an and the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.

The protection of nature is intricately connected with the protection of the Mayan identities within the authentic Maya Ka’an destination. With shared ownership rights over the land and jungles, the village cooperatives are aware of the power that their decisions have in dictating the faith of the natural ecosystems

"They should head to Maya Ka’an if they want to be off the beaten path and help conservation efforts, while getting in contact with the Mayan communities." An interview with Gonzalo Merediz Alonso, Executive Director of Amigos de Sian Ka'an, about an incredible destination away from the Mayan Riviera's crowds.